The health insurance rate is holding steady

Health insurance rates stayed steady in the first half of 2018, according to new data released this morning by the CDC. Just under 9 percent of people in the U.S., or 28.5 million people, didn't have health insurance in the first six months of the year. Broken down by age, 12.5 percent of adults and 4.4 percent of kids were uninsured during that time. The age group most likely to lack insurance: adults ages 25 to 34.

Meanwhile, this year's open enrollment seems to be off to a slow start, according to federal data. Just under 1.2 million people signed up for an Obamacare plan in the first 10 days of open enrollment, compared to nearly 1.5 million in the first 11 days last year. But experts say it's still too early to tell whether enrollment numbers will drop in 2019.